at the same time, having a strong diplomatic position with the available means is also quite difficult, so the question here is whether there should be a comprehensively worked out solution, a solution that will give the opportunity to show the russian federation that our partners and we are ready to go further and to raise the stakes, this means more ammunition, this means more weapons, this is, let's say, more sanctions, these are sanctions not only against the russian... the federation and everyone else who is at least nearby, or helps it there, not only, i already say weapons, in general, it leads to some kind of financial activity, financial and economic, that is why it is possible, and since everything was before that, it is unlikely, because after all, if we did not speak there, russia now has the initiative, let's say, on the front line, this does not mean that there it has a strategic initiative, but yes... it does, we are on the defensive and we are trying

to stop them, they are trying to advance bit by bit, bit by bit, so we need to make maximum efforts here, is it possible, maybe, but once again we need to make maximum effort and show your, well, you know, such readiness for this event, that's why that so far the west has not shown this readiness, do you remember even taking such steps on the territory of the russian federation, let's start with these... with these weapons, then with those, but we won't allow them, so let's do it with mars, yes they are not at war with russia, and so russia is a country like russia, terror does not force a country to peace, mr. colonel, but the situation that is developing in the east and in the south is, in principle, stable for a certain period, that is, we see how the russians step by step literally.

is trying to advance on the pokrovsky and turkish directions, and they are slightly increasing the intensity of their artillery and infantry work, they recorded 130 combat clashes over the past day, most of them on the pokrovsky and turkish directions. you can say, here is the desire of the russians to take turkey, in particular. and pokrovsk, is it connected with those heights, with the geographical features of this region, in order to, in principle, occupy the dominant heights and in this way intercept the initiative on donetsk, in the donetsk direction? well here we can do it to divide everything that is happening in general, what we see, including the east, into strategic goals, mr. serhiy, and into tactical goals.

to our front, these are their strategic goals, which were declared at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, they did not succeed in all these far-fetched stories about demilitarization, denatification and all those other issues, uh, let's say, the administrative borders of donetsk , luhansk regions they have left, such a country as the russian federation having such a large army, such a large resource, such a large population, which... declares itself as a regional leader, and a leader that it has when making decisions , with whom it must consult, to whom, let's say, the whole of europe should look, and in principle not only europe , they showed their inability to capture even one region, that is the one they declared, not to mention the maximum goals, there is the capture of the whole of ukraine and threats - to the whole of europe, so strategically they are, they are trying...

to capture the luhansk donetsk region now, in terms of tactical actions, yes, the hottest direction we have, exactly the one you said, is the eastern direction, this is an operational tactical group, starobilsk, donetsk, and there are the hottest battles going on there, in terms of the fact that they are trying to capture the heights, well, they they are gradually trying to seize the entire territory, i will repeat it again, but the continuation of tactical actions, yes, they are trying to find for themselves tacts... advantageous places, and what we see now is happening on pokrovska chasovyar, where they took our shutter in such a semi-ring, this is also one of what kind of plans are there, i think, in the long run they will want to force us to withdraw these troops ourselves, to create a threat to our encirclement, there are heavy battles going on there now, unfortunately, we have ammunition coming to us, partners are giving us, but they are really not enough , there are a lot of them, but compared to... the russian federation, they

are not enough, i won't say what the ratio is, but the russians prevail, but we are holding on, we will not budge from the paces that we lost somewhere there, left for better ones.. . positions is only provided that there the russians have used aviation or some kind of suppression, they simply destroy our places there, if they cannot be defended, our soldiers withdraw to more advantageous positions there, but at the same time i will say that russia is suffering heavy losses and using a very large resource, well, frankly, they have the initiative, such promotion, it is theirs at the expense of the prevailing resources, and here returning to the first question, in order to intercept it and so that the partners... can talk about the fact that the war may stop there somewhere by the end of the year, we understand, sir that to stop the war is you can just raise your hands, stop the war, you can sit down at the negotiating table, when the russians have a big advantage, and

just declare there that you are taking everything, we do not claim anything, we can just stop at the level that they left of our territory, you can simply freeze, and all this requires different conditions. here is our task so that, if someone starts talking about something there, that we have such conditions, er, and we have such forces, to help with our internal resources, with partner resources, so that the conversation is only about how quickly the russians will withdraw their troops from our territory, i think about everything else, how the situation will develop, we will see, there are leaders of the country, they see the situation there... i think a little more, they communicate with partners, with international leaders, and they should be asked how they see the situation, what black swans they expect here. mr. colonel, a few weeks ago, volodymyr zelenskyy spoke about the fact that

there are 14 reserve brigades of the defense forces, and they do not have weapons, and this week the president of ukraine reported that these brigades, which were not previously... too much armed, or which did not have many weapons, have already begun to receive weapons, let's listen to what the supreme commander of the armed forces of ukraine said? these are not new brigades, they were very often mistaken when they said that ukraine wants new brigades, these are not new brigades, they are brigades without weapons, after all, if we talk about whether they fought or did not fight, then it may be so, they are fresher . these brigades, so it is, but they have also been formed for a long time, but without weapons, and that wrong, not not completely without weapons, first of all, something has started to come in, it is positive, there is artillery, etc., but

a positive result is still a long time away, mr. roman, a positive result is still until... with f-16 fighters, because already for the third summer they promise us f-16, well, they promise two summers, but already three , the third year of the war, but so far there are no fighters in the ukrainian sky, why? are we talking about brigades now or about fighters? let's talk about fighters, because if you have a comment about the brigades very briefly, i would also like to talk about fighters. i did, well, about the brigades, yes, the president said, for a long time no one could understand what he meant, i think everyone should also understand that the brigades that go out there for recovery are losing tanks and artillery, and all this needs to be replenished, i think that this is exactly what he meant, and not what, as he already said, there are some 14 brigades,

so replenishment is constantly needed, and it, unfortunately, and especially there, if we are talking about tanks, about artillery, is quite slow, and this is a problem, especially when we are talking about such scales. as for fighters f-16, indeed we have been talking about them for a long time, i will say that - i hope that it is so that it is correct to say that in the near future there will be some positive news about the progress of these fighters in general, so more to say i can't, uh, in general, we still have to understand that even... which ones will come, it will depend on the number, on their modification, and we have to understand that these are fighters that began to be produced in 78, this not new, there are not enough of them in the world super-modernized, but in order to

to oppose the latest russian aircraft (134, 135, mig 31), you need the latest weapons, there are some models, they are, let's say, that can do it. let's hope that these samples will also reach us, well, at least what will happen, for example, first of all, we will be able to support our air defense with them, our task is, of course, to support the fighters on the battlefield, so well, kabi is what the enemy is using now, because of which he has an advantage, an advantage in the air, and this is enough for him now, he has a high, high level of preference. mr. colonel, at the very end of our program, i would like to talk to you about the pace of mobilization, about this big... which was to update the data of conscripts in tsk in tsnapa and in

the reserve application, the pace of those people who volunteered, who came and have updated their data, are good, and, according to the ministry of defense of ukraine, the commander-in-chief of nato's joint forces in europe, general christopher kavoli , believes that now the mobilization in ukraine is progressing much better. and the deputy commander of the third separate assault brigade maksym zhorin said in an interview with radio nv that the new law on mobilization gave his brigade a certain wave of inflow of personnel. let's listen to what zhorin said. you can say that the results are there, whether they are as we would like, it is difficult for me, because i do not operate with general figures for the armed forces, but i can say for us, for the third assault force, that we are replenished. er people, conscious, with a voluntary decision, received. mr.

colonel, you know exactly the numbers of people who managed to be mobilized as a result of the new mobilization campaign, or rather, as a result of the law on amendments to the laws on mobilization, what do you say, is this enough at the current stage for the ukrainian army? well, i know the numbers, but unfortunately i can't divulge them, because all mobilization numbers in any country are secret. i want to say that at the moment, since may 18, when the law was adopted, our pace has increased enough, and i have already said that even in may-june, we recruited more people. than a few months before, when our mobilization rates were falling, starting in mid-summer 2023, there was a failure altogether. so tangible, so now the rates have increased, and even the military says that

if these rates do not fall, that is, we are now watching, this is the consequence of such a surge, because the law was passed and then it will gradually subside, or we will keep such rates, eh there is such and such a number per day or such and such a number per month, if we keep such and such paces as we had in may and june. and it is already july there, so in principle by the end of the year we can have more than 80% staffing of our brigades, and this speaks of the full combat readiness of the army, we can talk about it, and, but, but i want to say that quantity is not quality, and here the big question in many of them training centers is quality, somewhere they are not finishing our tsk, chasing the number of personnel. composition, and then we will simply receive people who either did not reach the commission there, or who are simply not

taken from the training centers, because they look quite bad or physically cannot perform those tasks, because if talk about the third assault, they have recruiting, they select their own people, many brigades there cannot afford it, so they take those who are given by the tsk, and this is a problem, so the main thing to fight for now is not necessary, well, we also need the number , but if we lose quality. or we reduce it to zero, then the number will not make any sense. thank you, colonel, for the conversation, it was roman kostenko, people's deputy of ukraine, colonel of the security service of ukraine. friends, we continue to work live on the tv channel espresso, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms. we follow what is happening in lviv. around 7:30 p.m. today on masaryk street, an unknown person shot iryna farion, and... now there is information that the police of the lviv region confirmed an attempt on

the life of iryna farion, the spokeswoman of the all-ukrainian freedom association, khrystyna ravlyuk confirmed that iryna farion is in serious condition in the hospital, it is known that an unknown person aged 20-25 years fired a gun without a silencer, and as reported. eyewitnesses and neighbors of iryna farion in lviv, they say that he watched over farion for a certain time, watching when she returned there. home, well, actually, who is it and how did it all happen, for whose benefit and on whose order, obviously, the law enforcement officers must find out, in lviv and the region, the ministry of internal affairs announced a special operation to intercept the shooter who shot at farion, and while what is

this information at this moment, literally 10 minutes ago... 15 minutes ago , andrian gutnyk, a member of the lviv city council, joined us, who also confirmed that shots were fired at iryna farion, so far there are no versions of who interfered with iryna farion and why iryna farion was shot, obviously we will return to this topic throughout our broadcast and we will talk about it with our guests, including our guests, maybe ... there will be more information from the all-ukrainian freedom association and from the police, we will monitor all of this. let me remind you that we are working live on the tv channel, and one more guest of ours should join us now, this is yevhen magda, the executive director of the institute of world politics. sir yevgeny, i congratulate you, thank you for being with

us today. congratulations, mr. serhiy, glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. well, you've obviously already seen it. this information about iryna farion, about the attempt on her life, the shooter, the shooter is being sought in lviv, purely theoretically, even i do not know what versions can be put forward in this situation, except for the version of the russian trace there or people working in russia could simply ee take that shot in the direction of iryna farion, do you have any thoughts as to why this actually happened ee? well, first of all, you need to wish ms i wish irina's health so that she can cope with the consequences of the assassination attempt as soon as possible. secondly, in my opinion, similar things, they belong to the category of what was called active, and it is called active measures, measures to destabilize the situation, this is

the practical activity of the soviets and now. of the russian special services, if we analyze the events of the last days, weeks, months, even in the countries of the baltic-black sea region, and ukraine in this case is no exception, then strange things are happening there, then some incomprehensible fires, and fires, for example, cars, employees of the central technical committee in ukraine, a fire at a military plant in poland, the desire to place coffins with supposedly the bodies of french soldiers in france, well , you know, there is such a situation now, when any strange thing, it should attract increased attention, and its cannot be ignored, that is, these are things that need to be talked about, that need

to be investigated as transparently as possible, i can only advise ukrainian... law enforcement officers here to tell what does not harm the secrets of the investigation, but to do it as much as possible openly and frankly, that is, in this situation, i did not have time to look at the versions promoted by pro-russian anonymous telegram channels, but the fact that it is included in the well-known russian phrase horror, horror, horror, then i practically everything... i do not doubt , so we have to look at it, we have to cooperate with it accordingly and we have to interact so that they understand, our enemies understand, that ukraine preserves its interior despite what they are trying to do. well, and we remember, mr. yevgeny, how

at one time the kgb of the soviet union destroyed those who fought for ukrainian. independence on the territory of germany and not only germany, and bandera was shot and well, we remember all these stories, how how how it all developed in the mid-50s, when the kgb of the soviet union destroyed opponents of the soviet government, well, in this situation we can say about the opponent of the russian regime, iryna farion, we will wait for new news, there was information that the hospital of st. panteleimon of the first medical association of lviv confirmed that about 20 hours before the department. they brought a woman with a firearm, from with a gunshot wound, she is in intensive care, her condition is serious, well, this

is the information now, god bless, irina farion now, health, of course, and for the doctors to do their work, mr. yevgeny, another topic that was updated this week already by zelensky himself. these changes, personnel changes in the government, everyone is talking about these changes, if i am not mistaken, since april or, maybe even since march, everyone is waiting for some changes, everyone is waiting for some restructuring, some kind, some kind of government center should be created, or else god knows whether the resignation or replacement of the same denys shmyhal by yulia sveredenko, the first vice-prime minister, will somehow affect the effectiveness of the government's work. and whether in this situation the name of the prime minister has no significance, considering that both the government and the verkhovna rada, in fact, they are structures

that clearly perform the tasks of five or six managers of zelenskyi. yes, you are right in your question, mr. sergey. i think that the change of five or six managers of zelensky, they can, it can be much more effective. to affect change, i will say that the country is in the current situation, when it does not demonstrate readiness to say changes that are not expected from it, that is, we do not have any extraordinary steps, the country, unfortunately, is quite consistent in the sphere of executive power . on the way of russian cosplay, that is, well, to the smallest detail, well, for example, the bill on

additional taxation of sweet drinks, you see, this is it, this is exactly the topic that is very good to consider during the heat, however, it is just very necessary, instead of to engage in... renewing the conditions that would have existed at the beginning of a large-scale russian invasion, in order for small and medium-sized businesses to save jobs, in order for small and medium-sized businesses to work more efficiently, we are seeing an administrative twist of the grove, i cannot understand how this happens, that the ideologue of tax changes and transformation. hetmantsev, who was syvkovich's assistant, who is actually officially declared one of the heads of russian

intelligence structures on the territory of ukraine, he forms the tax policy in ukraine, well, honestly, honestly, i can't understand this, in our there are no others, well, just us, you know, if we want to shorten the path. victory, and not to continue it, then we must create a government of victory, and not just dress everyone in ala military outfits, and pretend that this is some kind of meeting of the yanks at the court of king arthur, and not whether, i understand that these people, they they themselves like it better, but stalin, for example, in the soviet union was not only a frenchman, it is true, but he was some kind of administrative. a system that punished and punished so many people, we are now faced with by the fact that there is simply no active work

that could show that the country is acting in an extraordinary way, acting in a way that is not expected of us by our enemies, our friends, our partners, they often look, well, let's put it this way, i understand . for our mistakes, but our enemies will not make mistakes for us, believe me, absolutely for sure, well , taking into account the draft laws that the verkhovna rada was considering this week, and about clock hands, summer time, winter time, and the increase in excise taxes on fuel, when all the state is sitting on generators, raising excise taxes on fuel, well, it looks a little like that, to put it mildly, it's not unreasonable. the servant of the people faction already has 333 people's deputies left, this is another news already today, 233, i

said. well, excuse me 233, happiness is not a constitutional majority, it is fortunate, yes, because people's deputy yulia yasyk, who tried several times to leave the servant of the people faction, finally, finally, this statement about leaving was also accepted, because she already wrote a statement about leaving three times, starting from the 22nd year, she explained her decision like this, let's listen. i'm the one the deputy who raised the issue of the embezzlement of humanitarian aid by kyril tymoshenko, officials of the president's office, the governor, at that time starukh, zlatina, krasova, all of these wagons of humanitarian aid and sea containers, of course i did not like it, and in general i take my own position, i have my own opinion about draft laws, i study them and i don't vote as

directed, there are no buttons. as they say, well , the green buttons are already starting to run away, mr. evgeny, what do you think the father is witnessing all the processes that take place inside, or do they feel like it's going to be over very soon, or is it going to be over very soon for someone more specifically? in fact , the main question for us should be when the war will end, not the current parliamentary convocation. the fact that we now have a rather one-time parliament, the composition of the next convocation will be included, i think, except for a few dozen, this composition of the parliament has been updated by more than 80%, i think that, in principle, something similar will await us with the next update, but until these parliamentary elections have to survive, i will say

without without personality, because... i remember too well how in 2019 it was possible to lead any biological being under the slogan of a team with, however, in the majority district, i don't want to go over the personality, it's not interesting, i want our leaders, they should watch, if they don't watch espresso, because there is no such possibility on their television, then you can see it in media monitoring, i want to say that in the current situation the best... way out is to announce the growth of the monomajority and announce the creating the most wins that can to be quite constructive, but it needs a package of clear bills that will allow us to quickly make decisions, work, work, well, just act as quickly as possible, we all need this, you understand, we are in a state of war of attrition, against an enemy that is more powerful than

us, very. evo, we cannot afford any, well, mistakes in this matter, it is strange to me that people who have only 5 years of tenure in power, some of them have significantly improved their property status, and i think that we still know everything about this is an improvement they allow themselves things that lead to the discrediting of ukraine as such, thank you, very unfortunate. a moment for everyone, thank you, mr. yevgeny, we have to go off the air, it was yevhen magda, executive director of the institute of world politics, friends, in 15 minutes we will return to the studio, after the news of our colleagues from the bbc, we will have journalists olha len and larisa voloshina, let's talk about the assassination attempt on iryna farion, iryna farion was shot an hour ago, about personnel purges, about generals,

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